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Old 2009-01-15, 19:23
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Default Re: Religion and Fear

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Originally Posted by trumbly View Post
. Back to the point, do you feel many religions (or just christianity?) use fear in order to get people to buy into their doctrine. .
I would say surely, at least for the Abrahamic religions--ask any recovering Catholic.

The Eastern religions, not so much if at all, with the possible exception of certain sects of Hinduism.
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